ANN ARBOR - While more and more teens and twentysomethings are forgoing driver's licenses, the most recent trend holds true for pretty much all age groups, say University of Michigan researchers. In a new report examining changes in driver licensure in the U.S. from 1983 to 2014, Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the U-M
NOVI - Vehicle Services Cybersecurity at General Motors has joined the speaker line-up at the TU-Automotive Cybersecurity USA conference & exhibition in June to add to the discussion on how to build robust cybersecurity within the connected car industry. Baltes is to join a panel of experts from Security Innovation, Strategy Analytics and Peloton Technology
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will present a luncheon on sustainable food management and organic waste February 8 at Aquinas College. Featured speaker is Susan Mooney, Chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 5 Municipal and Industrial Materials Section. Mooney will introduce various EPA programs and tools that businesses can use
FLINT - Two economists from the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will present an economic forecast for 2016 Feb. 3 at the Baker College of Flint Center for Business. The event is free and open to the public; registration is not required. The Fed presenters, Paul Traub, senior business economist, and
AUBURN HILLS - The FCA US LLC Design team today announced four winners in this year’s Drive for Design contest and one of them was from Bloomfield Hills High School. The FCA US Drive for Design contest challenged U.S. high school students in grades 10-12 to design a Dodge SRT Hellcat for the year 2025.
DETROIT - The North American International Auto Show was a magnet for 208,327 people on opening weekend – all wanting to get a glimpse of the more than 700 vehicles on display and the over 50 vehicles that debuted earlier in the week at Press Preview. Attendees experienced a show floor that has undergone a
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Art Center will turn the mid-winter school break - from Feb. 15 to Feb. 19 - into a week of hands-on art prove that involve collaboration, experimentation, critical thinking and problem solving. Its theme for the week will be an explosion of color! Kids will learn new ways to use
DETROIT - The US Army has a problem. About a fifth of the employees who work for the Army in its Materiel Command are eligible for retirement, including many of the 7,500 civilian and military employees who work at the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command in Warren, the home of the old Detroit Arsenal. On
SOTUTHFIELD - The Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurs on January 26 is Michigan’s premier business showcase for launching entrepreneurs and introducing Michigan business startups and exhibitors to the growing Michigan entrepreneurial community. ACE’16 will be held Tuesday afternoon, January 26, at the Westin Hotel in Southfield in the afternoon. More than 750 attendees are expected and
DETROIT - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Thursday at the North American International Auto Show that the federal government would like to spend $4 billion over the next decade to make autonomous vehicles a reality on America’s roads. “Automated vehicles open up opportunities for saving time, saving lives and saving fuel,” Foxx said. “We
